Alavuden Peli-Veikot
Alavuden Peli-Veikot ry or APV is a sports club in Alavus, Finland. APV was founded in 1953 as a specialty football club.
Ice hockey was officially included in APV's program in 1964. Alavus Areena serves as home ice for the men's and women's representative teams. The arena was completed in 2008 and can seat 421 spectators.[1]
The men's representative team plays in the Keskimaan lohko (Central Division) of the II-divisoona. The team won the regional championship in the 2012–13 season and progressed to the Suomi-sarja qualifiers (karsinta), however, they did not earn promotion at that time.
In December 2019, the women's representative team gained promotion to the Alempi jatkosarja (Lower Division) of the Naisten Liiga from the Ristiinkarsinta (Cross-qualifiers) of the Naisten Mestis. The promotion marked the team's first return to the top-tier Naisten Liiga since the 2009–10 season. APV was relegated in the Karsintasarja (Qualification series) in March of the 2019–20 Naisten Liiga season.
APV's junior program is well regarded and has produced such players as Kärpät forward and Olympic medalist Saila Saari, goaltender Pekka Tuokkola, coach Tuomas Tuokkola, and defenceman Lauri Taipalus. Rally driver Jari-Matti Latvala played junior hockey at APV.
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